Her Story
About Stephanie
Stephanie Orji serves as an enterprise technology consultant at Innovative Solutions, where she has worked for nearly eight years since entering the field in 2016. She transitioned from an accessibility consultant to an enterprise consultant over the last three years, focusing on aligning resources, budget planning, developing technology roadmaps, evaluating employee needs, building training plans, and ensuring compliance with state and federal laws such as Section 508. Prior to her consulting career, Orji spent three years as a special education teacher at a private academy working with students who have autism spectrum disorder, which led to referrals for consulting on disabilities, accommodations, and assistive technologies across government contracts, higher education, K-6, and Medicaid and Medicare opportunities. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology earned in May 2019, a CPAC certification obtained in December 2023 that attests to her foundational knowledge as an accessibility professional, and is completing her doctorate in clinical psychology in approximately four weeks. Orji attributes her success to her family and her commitment to searching for truth, and she values character and consideration in both her professional and personal life.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Stephanie
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would say my family, you know, after all this is done, I'm able to feel very centered and really connected with my family, and they share a lot of positive words of affirmation and support that helps me to navigate the professional space. I am somebody who searches for the truth, and knowing that we can always find ways in rather than out has also brought me a lot of peace with the work that I'm engaged in.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
I think some of the best career advice I've received is to put in my 1% deposit. Essentially it's saying like you're not going to get everything done in one day, but if you're chipping away at it slowly, and putting at least 1% into that bucket, it'll accumulate over time, and by the time you're done, you're going to see all the progress that you've made by just continuing to pour into that effort. I learned it from a really good coach.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say it is okay to make mistakes. It's even better to ask for help. When I kind of compromised my ego and looked at the people that were around me and just asked for help, that process went by a lot quicker, and it was much more positive rather than feeling like I had to have all the answers myself.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Sometimes as an enterprise, they work very siloed, so although they're working for the same company, certain departments or offices may work very differently than one another, so finding a centralized way to bring everybody together to implement the same solution or product, and then finding commonalities that employees can recognize.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I would say my character and consideration, so being able to see outside of yourself or see outside of a situation. Things are not always going to be black and white. I value character so I'm not saying everybody's gonna have a great character, but I value mine, and I try and show up as the best person that I can be in different situations, scenarios, projects. And I try and give people the benefit of the doubt that they'll do the same.
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